MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 727 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 201 Parallax 198 151% 195 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 362GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,804 Write 1,362 Mixed 1,381 406% 1,849 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 31.8 223% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 227 244% 405 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10151 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 973 (B1) Unknown 95 95 99 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42428054073
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 155444541 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 219674106 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -83099027242626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 672530472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 202 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 85899345960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 14 11 155444541 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60979945668238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5021694455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36149086
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112109560 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 98785404815 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 219046674484 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 638844966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5746 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 64424509478 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99316823745740 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8255766603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98321048902	99.9% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 159 Mixed 153 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 898GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208145912 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 55 163315210619 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 655622183 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26576 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 60129542183 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71665824309647 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43151531964 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493719550291	65.6% Good	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 78.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16